The Top Five Signs Your Child is a Future Facebook Addict

Jan 3, 2012 | Filed Under: Satire | Tags: Facebook, Satire

Facebook has hooked hundreds of millions of people as users, many of them addicted to the social networking site — will your child be next? To help parents stay on top of this time-sucking addiction, The Laughing Stork has identified five early warning signs that a child may, indeed, be a future Facebook addict.

1. Writes on your wall all day.

2. Constantly updates you on his status – even when you really don’t want to know.

3. Likes his own status updates.

4. Always asking you to join games you’ve never heard of – and have no desire to learn.

5. Has a habit of accepting friend invitations from people he doesn’t know.

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Candy Kirby is the founder of The Laughing Stork and a professional fun-maker who will never stop chasing her lifelong dream: to find the Pomeranian or porn star after whom her parents must have named her. She also used to be a staff writer for the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, where she penned many scripts featuring prolonged heated stares and countless “Who’s the Daddy?” story lines. Candy lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two young kids and three rescue Persian cats who enjoy blanketing every inch of the house in kitty fur. For more of Candy's nonsense, check out her personal Twitter, The Laughing Stork's Twitter and The Laughing Stork's Facebook page.